Not surprisingly, the researchers uncovered the United States a top grower of soybeans and Brazil, currently a major biodiesel producer, as major players in the field. But they wanted to identify developing countries that already export significant amounts of vegetable oils but have not considered turning the oil into biodiesel. Biodiesel a promising renewable fuel that could become an alternative to fossil fuel is made through a chemical reaction of alcohol and vegetable oil or animal...

But using a series of historical data and generally accepted practices, they predict that the senior population will more than triple, the combined Anchorage and Matanuska Valley region will continue to grow and the Southeast region will continue to decline. The largest age group will be seniors, they added. But using a series of historical data and generally accepted practices, they predict that the senior population will more than triple, the combined Anchorage and Matanuska Valley...

Many studies have been conducted on logging roads' negative effects, but no long-term scientific studies have been completed on what happens when they are removed. The spider web of roads was built starting in the 1950s when timber cutting started to boom here, but many of the rutted pathways are long overgrown and causing a host of problems, from landslides to invasive weeds. Some parts of the Clearwater Forest are packed with more than 60 miles of old logging roads per square mile, but...

In his impassioned narration of a love story centering around a Hyderabadi Princess and a British official, novelist and historian William Dalrymple (2002) draws from archival material to tell us that: 'the road from Hyderabad to the port of Masulipatam was one of the most beautiful in the Deccan' Golconda, and later Hyderabad, is one of the few landlocked urban centres of this subcontinent that reached great heights of prosperity without a major river system or a port next to it. The road...

Rivers, falls and fish are the big attractions near the lagging towns along the north fork Sunday, November 11, 2007 FOSTER CHURCH Special to The Oregonian Towns like Glide and Idleyld Park (it's pronounced idlewild) in southern Oregon are like children of once-wealthy parents who have fallen on hard times. Rivers, falls and fish are the big attractions near the lagging towns along the north fork Sunday, November 11, 2007 FOSTER CHURCH Special to The Oregonian Towns like Glide and Idleyld...